Some Interesting Feline Factoids

• A cat can jump seven times as high as it is tall.
• Mother cats teach their kittens to use the litter box.
• The average cat food meal is the equivalent to about five mice.
• The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
• In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
• Today, there are about 100 distinct breeds of the domestic cat.
• Abraham Lincoln loved cats. He had four of them while he lived in the White House.
• The ten most common names of cats in the United States are:
  • Kitty
  • Smoky
  • Tigger
  • Tiger
  • Max
  • Patches
  • Missy
  • Shadow
  • Samantha
  • Callie
• Black and white cats are still the most prevalent in our country. The second most popular cat is black. The third most popular is the tabby.
• Among other tasks, cats can be taught to use a toilet, come, sit, beg, eat with their paws, heel, jump through a hoop, play a piano, play dead, roll over, open a door, hide food in boxes, shake and fetch.

Courtesy Paula Goldstein, Geltzer & Company, Inc. and Cat's Pride Scoop 'N Flush litter and Dust Stopper Litter.